The truth will out: we are here to unveil the full scale of the government’s complicity in genocide and to hold it to account for the monstrous bloodshed in Palestine, writes JEREMY CORBYN
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The government has lost control of coronavirus
The Tories have failed on the virus, failed on jobs and now they threaten a partial shutdown that will only damage the economy. But there is an alternative, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
KEITH BENNETT reflects on witnessing the grand parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of China’s Victory Day, which impressively showcased advanced military technology
While 69 per cent of Ukrainians want negotiated peace, Western leaders are cynically prolonging the war for their own strategic and economic goals, to the immense detriment of Ukraine and Europe, write BOB ORAM and MAGGIE SIMPSON
Zarah Sultana’s recent brave criticisms of Labour from 2015 to 2020, including Brexit triangulation, IHRA capitulation and insufficient fighting spirit, have ruffled feathers but started an essential discussion, writes ANDREW MURRAY
US baseless accusations of drug trafficking and the outrageous putting of a bounty on a president of a sovereign country do not bode well, reports PABLO MERIGUET
UNLESS this government gets to grips with the spread of the coronavirus and unless it changes course on economic policy, workers across the country are going to face even further huge job losses and pay cuts. The poorest will be hardest hit, with black and Asian people once again bearing a disproportionate burden.
We do not have to accept this outcome. This week Unite’s Len McCluskey wrote to Boris Johnson demanding an extension of the furlough scheme otherwise there would be “an avalanche of job losses.”
Barely before the letter was sent the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) confirmed that threat and was reporting that fully half of its member firms were planning further lay-offs. This is in addition to the hundreds of thousands who have already lost full-time jobs.
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